![]() Maybe I just don’t socialize well enough, but if you haven’t seen the film, fall is a great time to watch it. The Apartment won the 1960 Academy Award for Best Picture and I have a hard time finding anyone my age who has seen it. ![]() ![]() It’s gorgeous and, in my opinion, one of the best romances of all time.Īs perfect and overlooked as a film can be. When Issac pursues his friend’s former mistress, Mary (Diane Keaton), the film confronts issues of personal responsibility and happiness. The film is about the moral legacy of its characters– what will be left of us when we’re gone? Of course, these questions are couched in a wildy unbeliveable relationship bewteen Issac (Allen) and Tracy (a stunning 17 year old Mariel Hemmingway… hello, foreshadowing of real life!) that earns its credibility by allowing Tracy to be the wiser of the characters. The romantic encounters, in restaurants, parks, apartments– peppered with very grown up conversations and the neuroses of New Yorkers– feel more real to me every year. Aside from being a great meditation on morality among the self-centered 1970’s urban educated set, the film is a beautifully filmed document of the city I live in and love dearly. ![]() 2′:’I Kind of Got Talked Out of It’Įssentially a film for all seasons, Manhattan is my favorite Woody Allen movie. James Gunn Almost Killed Gamora Off in ‘Guardians Vol. ![]()
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